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package com.sun.max.jdwp.data;

import java.io.*;

/**
 * This class defines outgoing JDWP data. The object can serialize itself to a {@link JDWPOutputStream} and identify the type of command.
 */
public interface OutgoingData {

    /**
     * Writes this outgoing data to the given {@link JDWPOutputStream} object.
     * @param outputStream the stream to write the data on
     * @throws IOException this exception should be thrown, when there was a problem writing the data
     */
    void write(JDWPOutputStream outputStream) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Identifies the command set of the command that this outgoing data is part of.
     * @return the command set identifier
     */
    byte getCommandSetId();

    /**
     * Identifies the command that this outgoing data is part of.
     * @return the command identifier
     */
    byte getCommandId();
}
